Exploring Vietnam
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00:00Attention, you can see this boat we also have. On the bow of the boat, wavy boat they make, the boat they have to make eyes on.
00:09So one eye on the right and one eye on the left. Why they have eyes? Because they believe that long time ago, when people they live around a big cold river.
00:19In the ancient, there was many monsters live in, water monsters. So that's why they start to shoot around the river, they scare the monsters.
00:29So that make people they got the idea that okay, so right now I have to make eyes on the boat.
00:36Because if the monster see something have a bigger body, bigger eyes, so they scare, they stay away.
00:43And actually people with big eyes scare people. So that's the first thing.
00:48And the second explanation, they say that when you live here long time ago,
00:53when we have not many road construction, almost your activities you have to rely on boat and ferry.
01:02Even when you want to cross the island, you go back to the mainland to study, you have to take a boat.
01:09So boat is like your provide house. And you know that someday is the bad day like the storm stop.
01:15So there will be disaster come. So through the storm, people they believe that someday they will get lost.
01:22Don't have Google map. So that's why they believe that if I have the boat, I make the eyes on the boat.
01:29So eyes is like a guiding star. So I will make the boat go to the right way.
01:34That's the meaning of the boat and get lost.
01:40But you know with the fishbowl you see over there, no eyes. Why?
01:45Why? Because if the fishbowl have eyes, the fish they will scare. They stay away.
01:50They cannot go fishing.
01:52Sorry, one person can't go fishing because we need to balance the boat.
01:57If you are difficult for the driver, you can't go.
02:05So in here, when we finish from the unique point, you can see right here, this is the Phoenix Island.
02:12So on the Phoenix Island, we have one very special religion.
02:16We call the Golden Religion.
02:19Very famous here.
02:21You know, there was a child that he born on that island.
02:24And then he travel some countries around the world.
02:27And when he come back, he want to establish his own religion.
02:31So he believe in Jesus.
02:33He have faith in Jesus.
02:35He also worship Buddha.
02:37And he also believe in the Chinese thought, Chinese sense.
02:41So actually that is the mixed religion between Taoism or Chinese Catholicism, Buddhism.
02:47But why we call it a popular religion?
02:50Because this is the kingdom of the coconut.
02:52So all the tropical fruits here.
02:54So he say that if you want to follow him, everyday you have to only eat fruits.
02:59And drink coconut juice and vinegar because the coconut fruit is common.
03:06So you should better eat coconut meat and drink coconut water.
03:10This make your body to box and very good for your health.
03:14And you know, after that, about 4,000 people, they believe and they follow him.
03:19And they also practice that custom.
03:22That's why Vietnamese people prefer to make their food like this.
03:25That's the coconut religion.
03:27And right now you can see, oh yes, over there.
03:30Where the flag is, the flag hang on.
03:33So that's his temple.
03:35So after he pass away, because he was a father.
03:39So Vietnamese people will make the temple for him.
03:43But you know, one very interesting...